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2014 Bloomington Craft Beer Week Events

All the signs are here - the first flowers on the IU campus (hello, pansies), rainy days (hi there, spring showers), and Bloomington Craft Beer Week! Yes, we're talking an entire week devoted to celebrating local, craft beer right here in Bloomington, Indiana. Beginning on April 4, events and festivities will continue through April 12, culminating in the Bloomington Craft Beer Festival at the historic Woolery Limestone Mill.

To make planning for this oh-so-important week easy for you, we've compiled a list of events for you to reference. Here's the What, When and Where of Bloomington Craft Beer Week (of course, the Who is you and your friends):

WHAT

WHEN

WHERE

Flat 12 Tap Takevoer

Sat., Apr. 5

Nick's English Hut

BBC Rooftop IPA Bottle Release

Sat., Apr. 5
12 pm

Big Red Liquors
Downtown

Flat 12 Sunday Funday

Sun., Apr. 6
3:30 pm

Yogi's Grill & Bar

Upland & New Belgium Collaboration Party

Mon., Apr. 7

Yogi's Grill & Bar

Root Cellar Candlelight
Brewery Dinner

Tues., Apr. 8
6 pm

Root Cellar Lounge

Cutters & BBC Tap Takeover

Wed., Apr. 9

The Tap

Sun King Tap Takeover

Wed., Apr. 9

Yogi's Grill & Bar

Cutters Tap Takeover

Thurs., Apr. 10

Nick's English Hut

BBC Tap Takeover

Thurs., Apr. 10
6 pm

Yogi's Grill & Bar

Upland & Oskar Blues Featured

Thurs., Apr. 10
6 pm

The Tap

Upland Vinyl Tap Release Party

Fri., Apr. 11
5 pm

Upland Brewing Co.

BBC & New Albanian Tap Takeover

Fr., Apr. 11
5 pm

Nick's English Hut

Bloomington Craft Beer Festival

Sat., Apr. 12
4-7 pm

Woolery Mill

**Additional events will be added as we find out about them.

Tosha Daugherty

Tosha was the primary contributor to the B-town Blog during her tenure as content coordinator. Her blogs covered a number of topics, from family activities to outdoor excursions.